澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-08

A collection of Bruce Lee memorabilia has gone under the hammer in Hong Kong nearly 40 years after the Kung Fu star's death. Thirteen items from a private collection were auctioned¹ off, netting just over 200,000 Australian dollars for the owner. The highest bid was a fur-lined coat made for the unfinished film Game of Death. It sold for 73,000 Australian dollars. The winning bidder² says Lee was widely respected for his film work.

"I think Bruce Lee is worldwide recognised as one of the most important people in the martial³ arts field. He really pioneered the film genre⁴."

The annual Darwin Festival will kick off this Thursday. The event aims to showcase an array of local, national and international talent. Organisers say they hope the festival will help catapult local talent onto the international stage. It'll last for 18 days.

And a sculpture has been unveiled showing what Andy Warhol would look like if he was still alive. The work was done to mark the pop art icon's 83rd birthday. It took the artist three months to complete the work. Warhol died in 1987 from surgery on his gall⁵ bladder.

1 auctioned   

v.拍卖( auction的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It was sad to see all grandmother's lovely things being auctioned off. 眼看着祖母那些可爱的东西全都被拍卖掉，心里真不好受。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder. 电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 bidder   

n.(拍卖时的)出价人，报价人，投标人

参考例句：

• TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。
• The bidder withdrew his bid after submission of his bid.投标者在投标之后撤销了投标书。

3 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。

4 genre   

n.(文学、艺术等的)类型，体裁，风格

参考例句：

• My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
• Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看， 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。

5 gall   

v.使烦恼，使焦躁，难堪；n.磨难

参考例句：

• It galled him to have to ask for a loan.必须向人借钱使他感到难堪。
• No gall,no glory.没有磨难，何来荣耀。